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Tucker Davidson, P
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Scouting report
Davidson's stuff and performance have vacillated enough throughout the course of his development that it's fair to anticipate them continuing to do so once he begins to play a big league role. A low-profile junior college prospect, he has shown mid-90s heat in games (upper-90s indoors) along with two plus breaking balls when his stuff is really humming. In 2020, as has sometimes been the case during his time in the minors, Davidson's feel for release was inconsistent and his velo dipped. He struggled to locate a 91-93 mph fastball during his big league debut late last year. We're inclined to chalk at least some of this up to the bizarre nature of the 2020 season and expect Davidson is still likely to be an impact part of a staff soon. At his peak, he works at the letters with mid-90s velocity, and he has a power 12-6 curveball and an upper-80s slider with two-plane movement. It's an inefficient power relief look, and Davidson's peak stuff is worthy of later innings. He's much more likely to spend 2021 as a starter, though. Atlanta's projected big league bullpen has very little option year flexibility and Davidson would be fourth or fifth on the Braves' lefty relief depth chart right now, so it feels more likely he'll be at-the-ready rotation depth this year. (Alternate site, MLB)